Roe V Wade was settled law until it wasn’t
the Federalists got what they lobbied for
the Fundamentalists rejoicing over Alito
as he, with his team of ideological vandals,
used pickaxes and jackhammers
to remove over 50 years of asphalt
forcing women to walk barefoot on cobblestones
the nerd prom apparently isn’t smart enough
to install new air filters to purge aerosols
and it chose not to use ultraviolet Covid killing light
maybe the organizers didn’t want people
to have a chance at better mass gathering health
as they laugh at Trevor Noah’s safe jokes
before he ascends to James Corden’s throne
Only five days remaining in National Poetry Month, and here’s my small contribution—a reading of Martin Espada’s “Death Rides the Elevator in Brooklyn” from his book FLOATERS pic.twitter.com/igCe8aH34n
Thanks to Michael Grover, a colleague from two decades past, for introducing me to Martin Espada’s poetry.
At the risk of annoying or boring Daniel Radcliffe, here I am with some opinions.
First, regarding Bruce Willis’s retirement due to aphasia::
It’s truly sad he was apparently trotted out for two day jobs (at $2 million per extended cameo/co-star/support) to provide income for a dependent entourage. Variants of this happened with the latter-day careers of Glen Campbell and Tony Bennett—and air freshener remarks like “he loves to perform’ and “look how he still has muscle memory” are sprayed about to neutralize any comments about the dubious ethics of making a performer work under diminishing physical and mental conditions.
As for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock:
Jada Pinkett Smith could have easily confronted Rock about his history of jokes at her expense somewhere besides the Dolby Theater.
It’s a stunted, should be outdated, vision of manhood for Will Smith, aware of the certainty of winning the Best Actor Academy Award, to hit Chris Rock over a joke and then for Smith to use his acceptance speech to justify his behavior and link it to Richard Williams.
Yes, Smith has apologized publicly.
And, yes, the Academy is figuring out ways to defuse Sunday’s fallout on the way to what looks like a mild censure with the likelihood that no Academy personnel will have their employment terminated.
Of course, Will and Oprah are likely to have a CBS summit meeting.
And Will’s autobiography will go to paperback with a bonus chapter mixing rationalizations and apologies.
please just one more ring
one more ring one more ring one
please please one more ring
white rabbit in Moscow
handing out flyers on the street
pretends nothing is wrong for two minutes
then worries over Ukranian relatives
regrets Putin jumping off a steep cliff
taking millions of Russians and Ukrainians with him
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white rabbit in Moscow
checks pocket for enough rubles
to avoid sleeping in the subway
Who wants to play those virtual aces and eights
Who wants a big big raiseIn no specific order:
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
HOLLER
SUMMER OF SOUL
NO SUDDEN MOVE
HACKS
THE BEATLES: GET BACK
ANNETTE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
BENEDETTA
MALIGNANT
LANDSCAPERS
LICORICE PIZZA
SPENCER
PARALLEL MOTHERS
